International audienceAbstract The gravel barriers of the Baie des Anges (French Riviera) protect the densely developed area of Nice against marine flooding. The general setting of these barriers is that of a steep coastal margin and shelf, and a fetch-limited, low wave-energy, almost tideless environment. In terms of sequence stratigraphy, these gravel barriers, which have yielded radiocarbon ages ranging from 3000 yr B.P. to Present, are part of a highstand systems tract comprising essentially gravelly river-channel and finer-grained floodplain, delta-plain and nearshore deposits. The local sea-level curve shows a strong slow-down in the Holocene transgression at around 4000 yr B.P. This change coincided with active upland erosion by moun...